Folk-Lore of Women
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Publisher Description
Folk-Lore of Women
by
Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
Folklore of misogny would probably be a better title for this book. Replete with Victorian stereotypes of women, this book draws on many different traditions from around the world to portray women as simultaneously the 'weaker sex' and the source of all evil. Missing or scarce here are women's voices or traditions. However, this work is an essential starting point if you want to enumerate traditional male attitudes about women.
Table of Contents
Preface
01. Woman's Characteristics
02. Woman's Beauty
03. Woman's Dress
04. Woman's Eyes
05. Woman's Tongue
06. Woman's Goodness
07. Bad Women
08. Woman's Love
09. Woman's Hate
10. Love Tests
11. Woman's Secrets
12. Red-Haired Girls
13. Woman's Fickleness
14. Local Allusions to Women
15. Woman's Will
16. Women and Marriage
17. Women as Wives
18. Young and Old Maids
19. Widows
20. Woman's Curiosity
21. Sister Legends
22. Brides and Their Maids
23. Superstitions About Women
24. Woman's Tears
25. Woman's Blushes
26. Daughters
27. My Lady's Walk